風口浪尖

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Chinese

wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
wave; breaker; unrestrained
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
 
point (of needle); sharp; shrewd
point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed
 
trad. (風口浪尖)
simp. (风口浪尖)
Literally: “where the wind is the strongest and waves are the highest”.

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風口浪尖

  1. (figurative) line of fire